Oh dear, it seems a lot of people aren't making comments anymore. I can only assume this means I'm losing customers.

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The group tried to find transport to England. Unfortunately there weren't any planes left in any airports.

Nathan: Oh, this is hopeless. How're we supposed to get to England without any transport?

Topaz: We could go by sea-

Mario: Uh-uh! I get seasick!

Chad: It would be just like REGaiden, which I think we all want to avoid.

The group arived at an abandoned military base. Of course, all of the military inside had been zombified. The group fought their way through.

Eventually they came across an armoury. It was packed to bursting with weapons. Unfortunately leftover leech slime had rendered a lot of the goods unuseable. The group grabbed what they could, David helping himself to a rocket launcher.

David: Alexia had better get ready to say hi to my little friend.

The group found their way to a canteen, which contained the remains of a half-eaten meal. The food was still edible, which was good because almost as soon as he saw it, Drew sat down and polished off all the food.

Josh: So much for the diet.

Drew: Well, you know my motto - waste not, want not!

The group eventually found their way to the airfield. Luckily for them there was one plane left on the runway - a huge cargo carrier. Everyone piled on board. Amber headed for the controls, and of course Topaz was co-pilot again. Amber spoke through the in-flight tannoy.

Amber (in annoying flight attendant voice): Welcome on board REBoard Airways flight 666. Non-stop to England. All passengers are reminded that carrying firearms on board is highly recommended. Turbulence from killer birds may be a frequent occurence in the flight, but it is no problem for the engines. We hope you enjoy the flight, and please place yourselves into crash positions for when we reach England. Thank you!

Unknown to the group, the Ghostly Triad had sneaked on board.

The plane was soon in the air. About halfway through the flight, Amber stood up.

Amber: Take over for a bit Topaz. I've gotta answer the call of nature.

Topaz nodded, and Amber headed to the toilet. The team had found various ways of keeping themselves amused, including showing off some of the new weapons they'd picked up.

Amber went inside the toilet, and shut and locked the door. As she sat there, taking a leak, she failed to notice that her trouser leg was lifting up...

When she stood up, she suddenly felt her shirt lift up! Struggle as she may, Amber soon found herself topless! The only thing stopping her from being completely exposed was her black bra.

Jason: WOO-HOO! A glimpse of breast!

Jason made himself visible, and went to pull off Amber's jeans.

Amber screamed blue murder. It was bad enough that Jason had come back, but why did he have to come back on heat?!!

The rest of the group heard her screams, and tried to wrench the toilet door open. By the time they pulled the door open, Jason had stripped Amber down to her underwear!

All: JASON!!!

Jason: AW, CRAP!!!

Amber: NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Amber tried to cover herself up best she could. Josh suddenly flushed the toilet, which of course led to a sudden burst of wind being sucked out. Jason was dragged by the air into the toilet.

Jason: NO! So close to getting her in the buff!

Jason was then sucked completely down the toilet. Josh peered down the toilet to check he was really gone.

The group finally landed at Heathrow Airport in London. The group staggered out into the col, wet British weather.

Drew: This is a typical British summer, folks.

Amber: Man, I dunno how you survive in this cold.

Chad: Even the Antarctic can't be as cold as this.

The group 'borrowed' an abandoned taxi to take them into London itself. After some moments of getting lost - Drew had only been to London once in his life and didn't know it very well - they finally arrived at Trafalgar Square.

Nathan: Where do you suppose Alexia is anyway?

David: Somewhere really grand, I'm willing to bet.

Drew: We could always check Buckingham Palace. You never know, they might have taken it over during the zombie attack.

It was then that they spotted a group of yobbish-looking people wearing football shirts and rather blank expressions on their faces.

Mario: Shall we ask them for directions?

Drew: Mario, don't-!

Too late! Mario strode over to the yobs.

Topaz: Hasn't he learned anything?! They could be zombies!

Drew: No, even worse... football hooligans.

Almost as soon as the words left Drew's lips, the yobs turned to see Mario and the rest of the group.

Yobs: Look! Yanks! GET 'EM!!!

Drew: RUN FOR IT!!!

The group ran as fast as they could from the extremely pissed-off-for-no-real-reason yobs.

Thankfully, yobs don't have very bigbrains. As soon as the group dived into an alley, they looked around blankly for something else to pick on. The group hid in silence...

Yobs: Look! Pakis! GET 'EM!!!

The group charged off, presumably after some poor Indian sod who happened to be passing by. The team cautiously stepped out of their hiding place.

Drew: That was too close.

Josh: So much for Britain welcoming people with a smile.

Drew: Football hooligans account for about 90% of Britain's population, I'm afraid. It's their sort that make me ashamed to be British.

Amber: They that bad?

Drew: They happily punch your lights out even if you don't look at them. And as for if you interrupt them when they weren't saying anything... Man, there won't be much of your face left.

Nathan: Football hooligans? Don't you mean soccer?

Drew: That's what you guys call it. I call your football 'rugby with mattresses in case the players hurt each other'.

David: What's rugby?

Drew: *sigh* I'll explain it all later.

Chad: Man, I'm starving! On the plane only the plastic forks had any food content!

Amber: I could just go for Indian food right now.

Drew: No you couldn't. The stuff we call curry is not what I'd call food. I'll show you what our national food is. Wait here!

Drew ran off elsewhere. When he returned 15 minutes later, he was carrying what looked like numerous bundles of rolled-up newspaper.

Mario: You eat newspaper?! Oh that's cruel! You know how many trees were cut down to feed us?!

Drew: It's what's INSIDE the newspaper wrapping that we eat, you dipstick!

Wrapped up in the newspaper was...

Drew: Brit-style fish and chips!

Everyone had a try of the batter-covered cod. They were pleasantly surprised.

Amber: In the States, we have our fish and chips from bags.

Drew: Nah, it's just not the same! I prefer having it wrapped in yesterday's Daily Star.

Nathan: I've got a glimpse of the Page Three Girls here... Is that Topaz?!!

Topaz: Oh, very funny!

Chad went over to have a look, his mouth full of fishburger.

Chad: Wait a sec... It IS Topaz!!!

Topaz had a look herself. The pictures showed her, obviously drunk, in a rather unflattering position.

I'm sorry that I haven't updated this in forever. I've been taking a bit of time out. This is likely to be a very short update.

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Not long after the group's arrival in London, the virus hit the city. Zombies to the left, zombies to the right... it was like a Night of the Living Dead convention.

As the group passed an electronic goods store, there was an emergency newscast on TV. The group stopped to watch...

Newsreader: And in the midst of the strange occurences throughout the country, the Prime Minister had this to say...

Prime Minister: The President of the United States says this is a biological attack by the Outer Mongolians. Military forces are poised to strike-

Drew: Typical. Idiot Bush blames a country, and that twat jumps right on board.

Chad: Politics is not my thing anyway.

Nathan: Let them believe what they want. We've got a job to do.

As the group reached the Tower of London, Amber suddenly became aware of the feeling that someone was watching them...

Looking down at the pavement, she saw a small red dot moving along the ground, moving towards her. It moved over her leg, then upwards until it pointed between her eyes...

Amber: GET DOWN!!!

The grouped ducked just in time, for there was a gunshot, and the bullet hit the pavement. A second slower and Amber wouldn't have a head.

Looking up, David caught sight of a figure on the roof of the tower. It started to take aim again...

David: Oh no you don't!!!

David took aim with his newly-aquired rocket launcher. He fired a shot off at the roof. He didn't get a direct hit, but the explosion threw the figure off the roof. The person was sent crashing into a nearby tree.

The group ran to the tree the stranger was stuck in.

Chad: I might have guessed... Alfred Ashford.

Alfred looked a real mess from both the explosion and the fall. In fact, he was impaled on a branch. He didn't have a lot of time left.

Alfred: Blast! You boarders... always so explosive in your methods...

Drew: Start talking Alfred. Where's your sister.

Alfred: You want her?... Go... get her!

Then nothing but Alfred's death rattle escaped his throat.

Josh: S***! Way to go David! We lost our best lead!

David: Hey! If it wasn't for me we'd all have holes in our heads now!

Amber: Oh will you gus jus-

But Amber's words were cut short by the ground suddenly lifting up underneath them. An enormous tentacle shot out of the ground. Chad, Nathan and Mario raised their guns, but they were all knocked aside by the tentacle. It then knocked out Topaz, Josh, David and Drew, before turning it's attention to Amber.

Amber jumped up, charging up her fist for her classic deathstrike. She prepared to jump at the monster... but she was knocked out of the air by the thing. Amber fell hard against the ground.
The group started to come to, but before anyone even had a chance to react, the tentacle grabbed her. Everyone watched in horror as Amber was dragged into the underground.

Drew: AMBER!!!

Josh: NO!!!

Mario: Oh, this is just great! Without Amber, we're sunk! That's it man! Game over, man! GAME OVER!!!

Chad: Get a grip, Mario! C'mon, think. THINK!!!

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DECISION TIME
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What should the team do?

A) Pursue the tentacle into the underground - is there even an insanely remote chance that Amber's alive?

B) Leave Amber for dead and go after Alexia - they can't risk any more casualties, can they?

The group followed him to a London Underground station. Heading down the steps and onto the platform, they noticed that there was one train left.

Josh: Great, more trains.

Chad peered down the tunnel. There was a shaft of light coming from the surface...

Chad: That's just about where the tentacle appeared.

David: So all aboard once again, eh?

The group piled onto the train. Once again, Josh and Topaz were the drivers. Josh slammed on the accel and the train sped down the tunnel.

It was then that a moaning noise was heard in the train itself. The group saw numerous zombies rise up from the various chairs, but they were all cut down by the gunfire.

Much further on, the group finally caught up with Amber and the tentacle. Amber was now unconcious - the tentacle must have beaten her against a wall until she was subdued.

Topaz: There she is!

Mario: Can we hit the tentacle from here?

Nathan: We'd never be able to stop in time if the thing let her go.

David: Well, this is a good start!

David raised his gun and fired at the window. The glass shattered, and then he proceeded to open fire on the tentacle through the windowless windscreen. Wind whipped through the whole train and the group had trouble keeping their footing.

Chad: What the hell do you think you're doing?!

Josh was trying to activate the brakes, but nothing was happening.

Josh: I can't stop this thing! The brakes are shot to hell!

Drew: Hang on!

The tentacle suddenly whipped round a corner, through a hole in the wall. The train suddenly lurched down a siding, completely seperate from the main line.

Mario: Stop the train!

Josh: I just told you I can't!!!

The group suddenly saw an immense wall lurching toward them...

All: SH*******T!

The train smashed through the wall, screeching. The group were tossed around the carriage as the train finally shuddered to a horrible stop...

Later, the gang started to come to. First up was Chad, followed by Josh and Topaz, then Drew, then David and Nathan. Mario was the last to awake, muttering something like 'I was having a nice dream' while waking up.

Chad: Everyone ok?

Josh: You mean apart from being sent through a wall?

All were sporting numerous cuts and bruises.

Topaz: We should all be dead by now.

David: You mean like Jason? And Mike? No thanks.

Nathan: I don't know, being a ghost could have its quirks.

Drew: Oh my God...

Everyone looked around at where they had arrived. They could scarcely believe their eyes...

They had arrived in a replica of the entrance hall from the Spencer Mansion.

The group stared in awe - none of them could believe that they were in an actual location from the games.

Josh: This is too weird.

Nathan: No kiddin'. Who'd've thought it, eh? This place being right under every Londoner's feet.

Drew: Must have been built when all this started.

It was then that they heard a crazy laugh... a woman's laugh.

Mario: Who the hell?!

David: Topaz, why are you laughing?

Topaz: It wasn't me!

?: Up here, you dimwits!

Josh: Who you callin' a.... dimwit...

For as the group looked up at the upper level of the hall, there stood none other than Alexia Ashford, creator of the T-Veronica virus that resided in her very bloodstream. According to the games, she had found a way of actually controlling the virus' power, making her an extremely dangerous, not to mention psychotic, opponent.

Alexia: So you're the so-called 'boarders.' I must say I'm very impressed that you've made it this far. However, your journey ends here. Once I have Wesker's disk to go with the rest, your whole world will bow to me!

Drew: Well, at least she's taken the time to think of a really sinister expository speech.

Chad: Yeah, but that's not helping us right now.

Alexia: It's almost time, you genetically-inferior boarders!

With another high, grand laugh, she walked through a door.

Josh: AFTER HER!!!

The group charged up the stairs after.

Nathan: Hang about!! Isn't-

His words were cut short by a huge tentacle, which burst through the wall and then smashed the stairs to smithereens. Most of the group made it to the door, but Drew and Nathan were left stranded in the hall.

David: Drew! Nathan!

Drew: We're okay! Get after Alexia!

Nathan: Quick! Someone's coming!

He was right. Noises could be heard outside the door. The sound of Hunters screeching.

Josh: Let's go!

The remaining group members piled through the door. After walking through several corridors, the group found what looked like a cell block. There was no sign of Amber anywhere though.

The group eventually came to a heavy iron door.

Topaz: There must be something through here.

Josh: Wait! It might lock when we go in. I say we leave two people out here as backup.

David: No problem. Me and Chad'll do it.

Chad: Okay. We'll wait here.

The rest of the group walked through the door. When it shut behind them, it didn't lock. The group walked down the corridor, past several suits of armour.

Mario: I've got a bad feeling about this...

Josh: Yeah, well, what's there to like?

At the end of the corridor, the group had a shock in store...

One of their fellow boarders, James Parsons, was strapped to a chair. He looked half-dead, and his skin had gone a nasty shade of green.

Josh: Oh christ...

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DECISION TIME
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What should the gang do?

A) Release James now?

or

B) Leave him there?

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If you don't choose right, James' role in the story will be over before it's even begun!

I hope I make the right choice and his role ends before it begins. I think they should release him so that he can murder the hell out of some people and die instantly, or become a decoy for Alexia. I think too much, nice story ^_^

James suddenly sat up sharply, and looked straight at the group. His eyes were blood red, and he was roaring like a wild animal. There was noticeable bulging on his skin, but the bonds seemed to stop him from mutating further.

Mario: Those bonds won't last long. What're we gonna do?

Topaz then spotted some controls on the side wall. She pressed them. Instantly, a set of steel bars came down, seperating the group from James.

Topaz: That might hold him for a while. Do you think there's an antidote anywhere?

Mario: You seriously think so?

Topaz: It's worth a try.

Topaz then ran back outside the room, to where David and Chad were waiting.

Topaz: You guys gotta help me find an antidote!

Chad: On such sort notice?!

Topaz was already running off though.

David: Hey!!! Wait up!

The three of them found their way to some cold storage rooms. In one of the freezers, Topaz found a vial of the vaccine. She also grabbed a tranquilizer gun - she wasn't gonna risk infection herself.

However, problems arose when they got back to the prison. The three of them walked through the iron door to the others... and the lock promptly snapped shut behind them.

David: Ah... we may have a problem now.

Josh: Hurry up with that antidote!

Topaz ran to the bars of the cage, and aimed the tranquilizer gun at James...

However, the bonds picked that point to break, and James sprang out of her chair, aiming at Topaz. He collided with the bars, obviously he wasn't powerful enough to break through them.

Unfortunately, in her panic Topaz fell against the floor. The gun went off in her hands, and the syringe holding the vaccine shattered.

Topaz: DAMMIT!!!

The monster formerly known as James then rammed itself against a wall inside his cell. He burst through the wall on his second attempt and sped off.

Josh: Sh*t! We've gotta get after him!

Mario was jabbing the fence controls.

Mario: The panel's completely bust!

David: And we're all now locked in here!

Chad: Our day just gets better and better, doesn't it?

Back in the main hall, as Drew and Nathan watched, hidden behind the rubble, they saw two people enter the room. As you've no doubt guessed, these two were Alexia and Wesker. Alexia seemed very smug at been able to split up the heroes, while Wesker looked at her with those evil eyes of his.

Wesker: So, Alexia, you think you can take down those boarders single-handed.

Alexia: Ha, and I also have four of the special disks! All I need is yours.

Wesker: You may try to achieve that end, but I warn you. You shall not find it a simple task at all. I'll be taking those disks from you now.

Alexia: You want them? You are not worthy of their power!!!

She then advanced towards Wesker, and fire started enveloping her body.

Nathan *whisper*: This bit's brill!

Drew *whisper*: Not now!

As the heroes watched, Alexia's clothes disintegrated, and her skin went a strange grey colour. Her eyes changed colour to a deep, blood red. Despite this, she retained a reasonably human figure. If the bride of Satan had a form, this would be it.

Wesker moved in to strike, but she backhanded him, sending him crashing into a wall. Shaken, but obviously not deterred, Wesker suddenly leapt at her and struck her squarely on the jaw.

Drew: What kind of asshole hits women?!

Nathan: Now's not the time for chivalry. I say we go in there and bag 'em both.

Drew: I second that.

The pair jumped out of their hiding place and opened fire. Unfortunately Wesker dodged the shots and escaped through the hole the train had made earlier.

Alexia, furious at losing her prey, started towards the pair. She suddenly flicked blood onto the floor, which burst into flame. It was all the heroes could do to dodge the walls of fire Alexia kept bringing up.

However, a number of shotgun rounds, handgun rounds and a lot of bad language later, Alexia finally fell. But the pair knew better than to try and finish her off, and ran for it through the door Alexia had come in by.

Heh, actually you guys picked the right option. I was hoping you would - it'll make the final stages of the story that little bit more exciting...

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Drew and Nathan headed through the dark passages, dodging zombies left and right. Eventually the pair found themselves in the same prison area the others had come through before.

As they passed the iron door, it suddenly shook as if something had slammed against it. Drew and Nathan jumped back, guns at the ready.

Mario: OW!!!

Josh: One more try!

There was a sound on the other side, of several feet running.

Mario: No! NO!!

Then the door shook again as something was rammed into it. The door held securely though, and refused to budge.

Mario: OWIE!!!

Topaz: Oh, it's no good! Put him down!

There was a thud as, on the other side of the door, Mario was dropped by Josh, Chad and David, who had been using him as a battering ram.

Chad: This is just bloody perfect. Now what do we do?

Drew called through the door.

Drew: Hello? Anyone home?

Josh: Drew! You guys okay?

Nathan: We're fine. What's happened?

David: Can't you guess?!

Topaz: We've got big problems, guys! We couldn't find Amber, but we did find James... or rather we did, before he...

Chad: To put it bluntly, James is our enemy now. Besides, we're locked up in here.

Drew: Hang in there, guys. I get the feeling if we beat Alexia, then we're all home scot-free.

David: Now's a good time to put that theory to the test!

Nathan: He's right. We should get going.

After giving their farewells, good lucks and such, Drew and Nathan headed into the next room. Actually it was less a room, more a steel platform suspended over a huge pit. In the middle of the pit was a square hole. A chain was leading down the hole, and tied to the end of the chain was...

Drew: AMBER!!!

Amber was suspended in the air, dangling from her feet. She was hanging over what looked like a gigantic ant colony. Drones (the sort of ants with wings) were crawling all over the surface, several times the size of normal ants.

Nathan: Amber! You okay?

Amber was concious, and she turned her head up to face them.

Amber: Yes, absolutely alright, you f*cking idiot!

Drew: Hold on, we're gonna-

Drew was cut short by a huge tentacle which came crashing through the wall. Both heroes knew that this meant they had to take on Alexia.

It was then that Drew spied a cabinet on the other end of the platform. Inside it was an anti-B.O.W. Linear Launcher. It required two release keys to open it...

Drew: Amber! Throw that release key up here!

Amber fished around in her pockets, and somehow managed to find the key. She threw it up at Drew, and he only just caught it.

Drew and Nathan each held their keys, and stood at a keyhole. They put the keys in.

Nathan: On my count... 3.... 2.... 1.... Now!

Both turned their keys at the same time. The yellow light on the cabinet started pulsing, meaning the gun was charging up. Charging would take no more than a minute...

They both turned to face Alexia, who had fully emerged from her tentacle. She then decided not to wait for the heroes to plug hundreds of bullets into her, and skipped straight to her final transformation.

Alexia: I won't make the same mistake twice...

She then transformed into something that remotely resembled a gigantic wasp. The pair opened fire, but Alexia was too fast. She suddenly swooped at the two. Drew dived out of the way, but Nathan was caught head-on, and knocked over the side!

Drew: NATHAN!!!

Drew ran to the platform's edge. Nathan was hanging on for dear life. Drew turned to see Alexia smirking at him.

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What should Drew do?

A) Try to take out Alexia now?

or

B) Pull Nathan up first?

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Nathan's life's on the line now. I hope you were paying attention to this instalment...

BTW if you hadn't found the keys, Nathan would already be dead, no questions asked.

Paying attention to the installment? Well I was but now I'm scared to make a choice, lol. Aw well, I'll go with Option A. If Steve can hang on while Claire defeats Nosferatu, I think Nathan can hold on...

That's what late nights do to me Josh - my English goes right down the pan. It was supposed to read "in the middle of the platform" but what you gonna do?

I'm not outlawing vote changes, so you all went for option B...

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Drew: Hold on! I'm coming!

Drew ran to the platform's edge, and grabbed Nathan's hand. He then tried to pull Nathan up. As he did, he heard an electronic beep - the launcher was ready to fire.

However, as he was doing this, Nathan shouted out.

Nathan: DREW! WATCH OUT!!!

His warning came too late, for as Drew turned around, he was struck by Alexia, who had divebombed him. Drew was thrown back and lay on the floor, badly injured.

Unfortunately, Nathan was thrown away from the platform. He screamed as he fell, down into the deep, dark abyss.

Amber: NOOOOOOOOO!!!

Drew came to, and suddenly found himself having to roll out of the way, as Alexia's huge stinger pierced the spot where his head would have been.

Drew had guessed that by now Nathan was gone, so without hesitation he ran to the Linear Launcher, rolling as Alexia tried to dive at him again. He stood up, grabbed the launcher, and took careful aim.

He noticed that Alexia was beginning to turn her attention to Amber! Drew had lost Nathan, we wasn't about to have anyone else die on him!

Drew: Get away from her, you BITCH!!!

This got Alexia's attention. She faced Drew, and then dived at him. It was now or never...

When Drew could see the whites of Alexia's eyes, he squeezed the trigger of the launcher. A brilliant blast of raw energy erupted from the gun, and struck Alexia dead-on. Alexia seemed to expand as she was torn apart from within. She screamed in pure agony until finally, she exploded.

Beneath the platform, the ant's nest crumbled and dissolved. With their queen dead, all the other ants were destroyed.

Amber: Can someone pull me up IF IT'S NOT TOO MUCH TROUBLE?!!

Drew came to his senses after becoming decidedly shocked and repulsed by what had happened. He started to pull the chain, dragging Amber up to the platform.

Eventually, Amber was on the platform safe and sound. They found the Code Veronica disk amongst Alexia's still-smoking remains. Amber looked like she was fighting back tears.

At that moment, the rest of the gang arrived, now free from their prison. When they saw the looks on Amber's and Drew's faces, they stopped.

David: Oh God! What happened?!

Drew: Nathan's...

Everyone stood in silence. Even Mario failed to say something.

Amber: Let's get outta here... gotta get away...

So the group started on their unhappy journey to the surface.

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WHAT WERE YOU PLAYING AT?!!?!?!

You should have realised Alexia's not gonna sit around and have a cup of tea while I try to pull up Nathan!

You made some good arguments Josh, but even if the ants had attacked Nathan, Amber would have seen this and been able to get ready to try and catch him if he fell. If she sees Nathan get pulled up, then suddenly get thrown off, she would have had no chance of preparation! I also said the Linear Launcher wouldn't take any longer than a minute to charge up!